Erin is a mom of two and has been with Today’s Mama for nine years. She is charged with finding and sharing all of the wonderful things the web has to offer. She is particularly fond of sweet treats, photography, printables, and funny things. She writes about losing weight in her Healthy Living for Mom series, and is chronicling her attempt to master her DSLR camera with her new series, Big Girl Camera.

Erin’s Summer Bucket List

Last summer was rough. My happy boy was a newborn and he was a wee bit on the fussy side. He wasn’t sleeping. I wasn’t sleeping. We had some feeding issues to work out. I felt like my girl was getting the short end of the stick.

There is a point around mid-July when it becomes too swelteringly hot to play outside after, oh…9:00 A.M. My backdoor neighbors are well aquatinted with my jammies as we like to play outside first thing in the morning before it gets too hot…well, the kids play…I drink coffee on the deck. Here’s a list of the crafts that I’m going to save for those too-hot afternoons.

Online Photography Class: Picture Summer from Tracey Clark. I did this a few years ago with my point-and-shoot and I loved it. I’m eager to take a stab at chronicling the summer with my Big Girl Camera.

DIY & ORGANIZING

Create a photo wall in my living room. My living room wall is currently sad and fairly bare. I’ve got photos begging to be framed and a nice pile of frames at the ready. Let’s do this.

Redo the mudroom. My mudroom is a wasteland of random cleaning supplies, shoes and a crib mattress. Yeah. That should stop. I’ll be drawing inspiration from here.

Hang curtains in my office. I’m going for bright and peppy.

FOOD

Oh sure, we’ll eat more than what’s on this list over the course of the summer. But I want to make sure that I enjoy all the dishes I’ve pinned that shout “The weather is warm! Eat me!” Here are some of those pushy dishes:

I love, love your bucket list. I think it’s great that you included a “me time” list too. I especially like the foods you plan to make. I’m hosting a summer bucket list link party and would love for you to share your list there.